He who walks on Ice!

I'm new to the VW world. I am going tomorrow to buy a 2004 Beetle Turbo. It's black with creme interior. It has 68,000 miles and I'm getting a good deal on it. I'm use to having sporty cars and this is going to be a change. Coming from a 3000gt Vr4 to this will take some getting use to, but the wife loves the Beetle. What are some bolt on upgrades that can be done and what are some things about this car that I need to take in consideration. I do know of one flaw on this car. The spoiler is not working, I don't know if there is a cable or what...but, it it seems disconnected from the electric motor. Other than that, the car in in great condition. How hard is it to hook up a disc changer? It only has the Monsoon with cassette. Like I said, I'm new to these cars. Great advice would be wonderful!

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Welcome to the forum and congrats on the beetle. Before you consider the disc changer you might want to budget in a new timing belt and idler bearings with water pump. The VW is notorious for loosing timing belts early. The 1.8l turbo is very expensive to repair once you loose a belt. If the deal is not done, you might want the dealer to do the work and work in the price.

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At a dealer you can expect about 900 parts and labor. a good independant shop about 700 or so and if you get teh parts and do it yourself about 75 in parts to do the t blet, wp, idler and tensioner pulley and serpentine belt. Money well spent IMHO

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I don't think he can show documention of this being done. So, I'm going to work on price with the dealer and knock off some money. I have a cousin who can do this so much cheaper. I found the every thing you need on ebay. It was 189.00 for all the parts. Have you seen this on Ebay?

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I don't think he can show documention of this being done. So, I'm going to work on price with the dealer and knock off some money. I have a cousin who can do this so much cheaper. I found the every thing you need on ebay. It was 189.00 for all the parts. Have you seen this on Ebay?

I apologize, I have a TDI and the cost is higher. You can get parts thru ECS or any number of locations for about the same price. The only thing I would caution you on is to replace the frt motor mount bolts as they are torque to yield (stretch bolts) and if you do not replace them you run a good chance of them coming loose and breaking the ewar off the block. If this happens you will need to go to dieselgeek to get the block repair kit for about $50.00 Don't ask me how I know this, just believe it to be gosphel.

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I don't think he can show documention of this being done. So, I'm going to work on price with the dealer and knock off some money. I have a cousin who can do this so much cheaper. I found the every thing you need on ebay. It was 189.00 for all the parts. Have you seen this on Ebay?

Everyone around here uses the www.ECSTuning.com kit or a couple others. TB, WP, serpentine belt, both belt tensioners, new mounting bolts, and G12 coolant (special VW coolant). As to the 6cd Changer, it is P&P in the console, and can be had new for between $50 and $100 dollars.

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Actually, the "bible" for your NB will be a "Bentley"! Either a paper Service Manual or a DVD-ROM Repair Manual (or both). And you do need to shop OEM parts around from online VW Parts Dealers and Resellers. Prices vary by as much as double. That particular vendor is high on many things.

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